เปรียบเทียบวิธี

	การลงรหัสแบบเลือกสรร	ทฤษฎีฐานราก
สาขาวิชา	เชิงคุณภาพ	การวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	1967 (Glaser & Strauss); refined 1990 (Strauss & Corbin)	1967
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Barney Glaser & Anselm Strauss (classic GT); systematised by Anselm Strauss & Juliet Corbin; constructivist variant by Kathy Charmaz	Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss
ประเภท	Qualitative research method	Method
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Strauss, A., & Corbin, J. (1990). Basics of Qualitative Research: Grounded Theory Procedures and Techniques. Sage. ISBN: 978-0803932975	Glaser, B. G., & Strauss, A. L. (1967). The discovery of grounded theory: Strategies for qualitative research. Aldine.
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	focused coding, theoretical integration, GT selective coding, core category coding	GT, Grounded Theory Approach
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	6	3
สรุป	Selective coding is the third and final analytic phase of grounded theory, in which the researcher systematically identifies one central or core category that integrates all other major categories developed during open and axial coding. The outcome is a coherent, data-grounded substantive theory that explains the main social process or phenomenon under study. First formalized by Glaser and Strauss (1967) and later elaborated by Strauss and Corbin (1990) and Kathy Charmaz (2006), selective coding transforms fragmented mid-level categories into a unified theoretical account.	Grounded Theory (GT) is a systematic qualitative research methodology in which theory emerges directly from data through iterative analysis, rather than being imposed before data collection. Developed by Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss in 1967, GT prioritizes generating explanatory frameworks grounded in evidence.